Path 01
Start here
Ten well-known works to learn the map on, each open in full to everyone.
Pachelbel → Bach → Vivaldi → Mozart → Beethoven → Schubert → Chopin → Dvořák → Debussy
Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
This guide follows Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565 (1707) in two parts: Toccata: Adagio – Prestissimo and Fuga (fugue).
Premium
Follow all 11 sections as they play
- I: –
- II
I: – 0:18–2:53
The opens with an flourish (the ): quick falling runs in octaves, with pauses between them, then a tense diminished seventh chord over a low D. From the (A), short fast are repeated in octaves. In section B repeated notes sound under running scales while the moves to A. Section C, again , is a stretch of repeated three-note figures with the hands a sixth apart.
- A
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
More by Bach
See all →
BachPassacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582FreeBachFantasia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 537BachTrio Sonata No. 1 in E-flat major, BWV 525BachPrelude and Fugue in B minor, BWV 544BachBrandenburg Concerto No. 2 in F major, BWV 1047BachBrandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051BachBrandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G major, BWV 1049BachChromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903BachBrandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F major, BWV 1046BachBrandenburg Concerto No. 5 in D major, BWV 1050FreeMore in fugue
See all →BachThe Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I, BWV 846-869BachPrelude and Fugue No. 1 in C major (WTC II), BWV 870BachFugue in C minor (WTC 2 No. 2), BWV 871BachFugue in E minor (WTC 2 No. 10), BWV 879BachFugue in G major (WTC 2 No. 15), BWV 884BachPrelude and Fugue No. 9 in E major (WTC II), BWV 878BachPrelude and Fugue No. 11 in F major (WTC II), BWV 880BachPrelude and Fugue No. 14 in F-sharp minor (WTC II), BWV 883BachPrelude and Fugue No. 16 in G minor (WTC II), BWV 885BachFugue in A minor (WTC 2 No. 20), BWV 889In listening paths
See all →
Path 06
Fifteen kinds of work
One work for each kind in the catalog, from the symphony to choral music.
Beethoven → Vivaldi → Debussy → Holst → Dvořák → Mozart → Chopin → Scarlatti → Bach → Schubert → Strauss → Handel
Reviews